"There are two ways in front of us now, the first is to intervene in this war, and the second is to sit and watch Li Yuan get Luoyang, and then keep attacking Luoyang and dragging Li Yuan's army in Luoyang." In the Wude Palace, Li Xin summoned his subordinate civil ministers and military generals, and among the civil officials, Pei Shiju, Du Ruhui, Chu Suiliang, Ma Zhou and others were here, and even Pei Renji and others stationed in Tongguan also rushed over.

"Prime Minister, although Luoyang is the land of four wars, but Luoyang's status is equivalent to Chang'an, if Li Yuan occupies Luoyang, although he will be in a passive position militarily, but politically he has the upper hand, even in the DPRK, I am afraid that many people will want to hook up with Li Yuan, and his subordinates think that Li Yuan must not be allowed to occupy Luoyang." Ma Zhou said loudly.

"Yes, if we occupy Luoyang, it will be us." Chu Suiliang also spoke.

"There are not enough troops." Pei Shiju shook his head and said: "The general led the army to set off, the army in Guanzhong is only 80,000 people, and his subordinates think that Li Yuan's army used this time will be 100,000 people, plus since he is sure to capture Luoyang, there must be someone in the city to respond, if we don't get our side to send troops, he can get most of Luoyang, we want to capture Luoyang, I'm afraid it will be difficult." Wang Shichong will not let go. ”

"Since this is the case, we will not make a move, let Wang Shichong make a move." Du Ruhui's eyes lit up, and said: "Prime Minister, the subordinates think that Wang Shichong regards Luoyang as his foundation, how can he let Li Yuan get Luoyang, at this time, Wang Shichong probably doesn't know that Li Yuan's eyes have been fixed on Luoyang, we told him that Wang Shichong will not only purge the officials in the city, causing his own power to decline, but also guard against Li Yuan, what we need is this, Li Yuan wants to attack Luoyang, Luoyang Wang Shichong has sufficient defense, how can Li Yuan succeed." Even if we don't fail, but we will lose our troops, and then it will be our chance, we can wait until both sides are defeated, and then attack Luoyang, so that Luoyang is ours. ”

"What do you think?" Li also has a hint of intention in his confidence, if it can really be like Du Ruhui said, this is really an excellent opportunity, an opportunity to capture Luoyang.

"Luoyang, no matter whose hands it is, we are going to attack Luoyang. In the end, they will fight to the death with each other, hehe, not only do we want to get Luoyang, but also Wang Shichong, Li Mi, and now there is a Li Yuan, oh, and a Dou Jiande, the lord, the subordinates thought that at this time, they were probably all playing Luoyang's idea. We want to attack Luoyang, and we can't let these people know about it. Liang Shuo said: "My subordinates think that they can leak the news to Wang Shichong first, but they can't say too much." But Luoyang can't move, we attack and merge the state, Luoyang looks very good, but in fact it is a dead place. We blocked Li Yuan in Luoyang, and let the quagmire of Luoyang firmly trap Li Yuan inside. ”

Li Xin nodded, and these people all said their own methods. The difference is that one is to wait for Li Yuan and Wang Shichong to capture Luoyang after both are defeated; the second is to support Wang Shichong and use Wang Shichong to consume Li Yuan's military strength; And the third one is even more insidious and vicious, when Li Yuan seized Luoyang, he not only supported Wang Shichong to fight against Li Yuan, but also sent troops to annex the state, occupied the state, and then used soldiers and horses to constantly harass Luoyang, so that Li Yuan completely fell into the quagmire of Luoyang.

"Ma Zhou, you will send an envoy to Luoyang tomorrow to tell Wang Shichong the news that Li Yuan is about to come to Luoyang, let him prepare, if there is anything inconvenient and needs our help, we will definitely help." Li Xin thought for a while and said: "It's not impossible for him to even want to be the emperor, but the lives of the emperor and Liu Liangdi must stay and be sent to Chang'an. ”

"Subordinates obey." Ma Zhou hurriedly said.

"General Pei, you are stationed in Tongguan, and you will lead the army to attack Luoyang at any time and support Luoyang." Li Xin's eyes fell on Pei Renji, Pei Renji was good at defense, with him sitting in Tongguan and 20,000 troops in his hands, he was naturally fine.

"That's very good, then wait for Li Yuan to send troops." Li Xin is very happy, there are many generals around him now, which is enough for Li Xin to let others implement the decision after making a decision.

And Li Yuan in Taiyuan, did not know that the news that he was preparing to attack Luoyang had leaked out, he summoned Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, the father and son walked in the imperial garden, the imperial garden in April was in full bloom, fragrant, but the father and son undoubtedly did not put their minds on this, and even the atmosphere between the three was very heavy.

"Li Xin has now pacified the Liang Shidu, and there is no longer any threat in the northwest, Li Jing sent troops to Bashu, ordered Wang Junkuo to sit in Kuizhou, and led Pei Yuanqing and Guo Xiaoke to conquer many powerful and barbarian kings in Bashu, Yuan Xianfa is on the side to help, I am afraid it will not take much time to pacify Bashu, and Li Xin, who gets the granary of Bashu, will increase a lot of strength, and our state has not stabilized, we have already slowed down." Li Yuan sighed slightly.

"It's all the incompetence of the sons, which makes my father worried." Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin hurriedly replied. In the face of this situation, whether it is Li Jiancheng or Li Shimin, it is difficult to answer, so he can only use this kind of panacea.

"It's none of your business, you've done a good job, I'm just worried about the future." Li Yuan shook his head and said: "Now there are two paths in front of us, either to attack Hebei and defeat Dou Jiande, or to enter Luoyang and recapture Luoyang. You are all my sons, today we will discuss and discuss, how should we do it now. Li Yuan found a pavilion and beckoned Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin to sit down, and then asked the palace maid to serve things like candied fruit and preserved fruits, and the three of them sat down together to discuss the matter.

"Father, the son still thinks that it is not advisable to seize Luoyang. Although the city of Luoyang is high and the pond is deep, Tongguan is not in our hands, and Li Xin will send a large army to attack us at any time, and we will fall into the quagmire of war. There is simply no time to expand the territory. Li Shimin spoke first, he had already discovered the disadvantages of seizing Luoyang, and he didn't want to seize Luoyang at this time.

"Shimin, do you know that we have obtained less and less information from Guanzhong recently, and many families have taken refuge in Li Xin, whether it is our Zhao Feng or your Thunderbolt Hall, not only is the Jinyi Guard's blow to us getting more and more serious, but more importantly, those families, we retreated and merged with the state, these families have lost confidence in us." Li Jiancheng said with a wry smile: "We need Luoyang now, only by occupying Luoyang, can we make the people of the world think that we have the strength to seize the world, and the families of the world will support us, our military expenses, our grain and grass are dependent on these people, and the state lacks grain and grass, lacks money, we don't rely on these families, who can help us provide these?" ”

Li Jiancheng has bitterness, and the place itself is a poor place, even the radiation range of the Guanlong family is the same, plus the defeat in the battle of Guanzhong, although Li Yuan did not lose much soldiers and horses, but the overall strength has decreased a lot, especially the family he attaches the most importance to, he urgently needs the support of the family, what kind of people's world is this world, that is the family, the Kanto family is betting on all sides, Li Yuan is also favored by him, plus Lu Chu and others do not look down on Wang Shichong, the Hu man, Among the heroes of the world, Li Xin disdains to communicate with the family, on his territory, the power of the family is very small, that is, there are no private soldiers, let alone others, Li Mi is a hooligan ruffian, the cottage is strong, even if he is born in a family, Dou Jiande is a farmer, treats people well, and represents the interests of the poor people, Xiao Milling is in Jiangnan, with the support of the Jiangnan family, and in the end there is only one Li Yuan left, and the Kanto family is in urgent need of a strong force to support themselves after the support of the Guanlong family, Give yourself money, food, weapons, talents and other support, the Kanto family is undoubtedly a good choice. This is why Li Yuan thought about the decision to seize Luoyang.

"Then it's okay to seize Hebei." Li Shimin said with some dissatisfaction.

"In the eyes of the Kanto family, Luoyang and Chang'an are the real centers, and do you know how many soldiers and horses Dou Jiande has?" Li Yuan glanced at Li Shimin dissatisfied, and had already said that until now, Li Shimin was still opposing, which made him a little unhappy in his heart, and said: "We attacked Hebei, it was a long-term process, but the attack on Luoyang, but someone responded, it was easy, and it was easy to win, and it could win the support of the Kwantung family, such a good thing, why did Shimin refuse?" Li Yuan shook the sleeves of his robe fiercely.

"Yes, second brother, if we occupy the eastern capital Luoyang, we can use Luoyang to block Li Xin's eastward advance, calmly use troops to the east, and we can also get a lot of grain, grass and materials with the help of the canal, but what can Li Xin do? When we blocked the canal, Li Xin lost his source of money, and although his grain and grass could be transferred from Bashu, it was extremely difficult. Li Jiancheng said something, these words made Li Shimin suddenly speechless, Li Jiancheng said well, if Luoyang is occupied, Li Xin's grain and grass can not be transferred along the canal, which is definitely a blow to Li Xin. It's just, do you really want to attack Luoyang?

Li Shimin hesitated suddenly, these two decisions seemed to be very reasonable, making it difficult for Li Shimin to choose. Li Yuan saw it in his eyes, immediately sighed, and said: "I have already decided, Erlang, you are the general, and you will lead my Great Zhao soldiers and horses of 100,000 people to attack Luoyang." Not only to take Luoyang, but also to defend Luoyang, this is the most important thing. (To be continued......)